Posted by Paul Rahe reveals the seething contempt held by the elites for the middle and lower class leading to a social and political disconnect between these class-based divisions.
The Contemptuous Elite and Class-Based Division | Paul Rahe – YouTube
Paul Rahe is currently Professor of History at Hillsdale College, and previously taught at Yale, Cornell and numerous other universities. In 2009, he wrote the widely debated Soft despotism, democracy’s drift, which argues that society may drift away from self-government due to a spirit of uneasiness and discontent. He has also authored numerous critically acclaimed history books, many centred on the Spartans.